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The last couple of days we have seen an immense amount of information sharing in a very short period of time. Quite personal information that has been shared in a permanent and public fashion. Information that endangers multi-billion corporations, government…
Welcome to the third installment of Milton Q&A, where you ask the cybersecurity questions that are on your mind and I answer them. This week we are looking at the difference between MSSPs and MDR. Buckle up for this one,…
Today in Spokane Washington Federal Court, the US Government unsealed indictments against two Chinese citizens for numerous charges related to hacking, gaining illegal access to systems, wire fraud, identity theft, and theft of trade secrets. This ongoing attack against the…
This month marks another birthday for Milton Security. While we’ve come across many black cats and can’t count the number of times we’ve debated walking under or around the ladder, this is one we couldn’t avoid. We’re turning 13. As…
History as we know it, is recorded; somewhere by someone or something. We learn from these historical documents. They are entered as evidence in legal proceedings. We use these documents and pictures as a means of learning and education, to…
Of course when Jim was writing his last blog post, the embargo was ending on two major vulnerabilities within a range of CPU processors (aka Spectre & Meltdown). With Spectre & Meltdown, we are looking at a vulnerability that is…
First, this is not one of those far reaching blog posts full of marketing speak, fear, uncertainty or doubt to get you to buy blinky lights. My personal goals for 2018 include, writing, sharing, and helping others more often. This…
A vulnerability was found by James Forshaw of Google Project Zero in January that exploits a bug in Windows COM Aggregate Marshaler that an attacker can use to elevate privileges. It gave Microsoft 90 days to patch, which they have with last…
It is 2017, and gaining unauthorized access to systems is getting easier and easier. Seems a Biker Gang gained access to a key database for Jeep vehicles. Using this database they were able to look up VIN’s for 150 Jeep…
Much like the EternalBlue exploit that was released in April 2017 after being stolen from the NSA, Samba was discovered to have a remote code execution vulnerability as well. Dubbed ‘EternalRed’ by industry-types, this vulnerability dates as far as 2010. So even…